Geographic Information System (GIS) West Midlands> Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
63
74
Rank change year-on-year
+14
+11
+18
Contract jobs citing GIS
1
4
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills
84
124
175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
16.09%
16.04%
19.36%
Number of daily rates quoted
64
97
116
10th Percentile
£107
£294
£311
25th Percentile
£393
£350
£397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£425
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+11.76%
-15.00%
+11.11%
75th Percentile
£600
£588
£609
90th Percentile
£700
£638
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£450
£525
% change year-on-year
+11.11%
-14.29%
+13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
3
10th Percentile
-
-
£24.13
25th Percentile
-
-
£24.31
Median hourly rate
-
£40.50
£25.25
Median % change year-on-year
-
+60.40%
-
75th Percentile
-
-
£30.48
90th Percentile
-
-
£33.24
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.00
£40.50
£25.25
% change year-on-year
-55.56%
+60.40%
-
GIS Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
GIS Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIS in Birmingham.
GIS Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIS in Birmingham.
GIS Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing GIS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for GIS.
GIS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
